Monday 21 November 2016 23:18, UK
Sean Dyche admitted Burnley played into West Brom's hands after seeing them thrashed 4-0 on Monday Night Football at The Hawthorns.
The Lancashire side were second best for the entire contest and after falling behind to Matt Phillips' early opener, James Morrison, Darren Fletcher and Salomon Rondon added to the score.
West Brom looked strongest when absorbing pressure then hitting on the break, with Rondon in particular a threat when the hosts came forward.
Dyche believes that was exactly what his opposite number Tony Pulis wanted and was irritated by the fact his team was sucked in.
He said: "Weirdly, we got drunk on trying to play too much. It sounds mad but we were trying to overplay against a side that wanted us to do that.
"Tony's teams want you to do that. They want to back in and wait for the chance to counter.
"They did it well and we actually played into their hands, despite our coaches explaining to their players they would do that.
"It's sometimes the frustration of being a manager and a coach. You put these sessions on designed for that not to happen and it does.
"It's the strange psychology of football. We were miles off it tonight. Credit to them - they were stronger in all departments than us."
Burnley's latest defeat means they have scored just once on the road since their return to the top flight and taken only one point in a 0-0 draw at Manchester United.
At home, by contrast, they have taken 13 points from a possible 21 and Dyche wants his players to take their confidence at Turf Moor with them when they go on their travels.
He added: "It's never been a good ground for me, this one. I broke my leg at 17 here as a young professional at Nottingham Forest.
"I've never had a result since. It's one of the rare grounds I've never had anything at and at the back of my mind, it's hard to get that out of your head.
"That wasn't an enjoyable experience and neither was that tonight. We've got to learn about going away and taking our performances at home away.
"The organisational design of the team is generally good, there's a good physicality to the group but it doesn't chart away whereas at home, we perform very well.
"I reflect on a really below-par performance and you can't afford to do that. We've had that twice this season, once at Southampton and once here.
"Unfortunately they were both on Sky, although we had two good home games on Sky against Arsenal and Watford, when we played very well.
"Away, we've not been as good and you saw tonight you can't play like that at this level against good sides."
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